| 单词 | decimated |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈdecimated ˈdecimated adj. that has been decimated (in various senses; originally often sense 2, now usually sense 1c). ΚΠ 1658 R. Brathwait Honest Ghost 310 Your most devotionall decimated Servant. 1661 T. Hall Expos. Prophecy Amos 207 He had told them before,..that God would decimate them, and here he tells them that God would be merciful to this decimated Remnant if they would but return to him. 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant ii. i. 18 I have heard you are as poor as a decimated Cavalier. 1865 J. F. Hurst Hist. Rationalism ii. 57 All that remained were a decimated population and smoking ruins. 1920 I. Hamilton Gallipoli Diary vi. 176 The next most fatal heresy is to think that, having won the battle, decimated troops can go on defeating fresh enemies without getting their 10 per cent. renewed. 2002 Sport Fishing Sept. 6/1 Going from one decimated species to the next works for just so long. < as lemmas |
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